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RulebookThis Rulebook was developed by the
Steering Committee and City Staff in December 2014, with assistance
from the City's consultant The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP).
While participatory budgeting is inspired by experiences elsewhere, we
want our PB process to reflect the special characteristics of our
community's needs, issues, and interests. The City Council adopted the Cycle 3 Rulebook on January 13, 2015.

Delegate Information Sessions

In April, PB Vallejo held 2 briefings for delegates to learn more about the various City of Vallejo departments as well as many of the public agencies that operate in Vallejo. In case you missed these briefings, you can still watch video of the presentations here:

Vallejo was the first city in the United States to implement Participatory Budgeting on a city-wide scale, and the first to make programs & services eligible in addition to capital improvements. Read more about Vallejo's Cycle 1 process by downloading the summary report:

PB Worldwide

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process that was first developed in Brazil in 1989 and is now practiced in over 1,500 cities around the world. In these cities, PB allows community members to decide how to spend part of a public budget. Though each PB initiative looks different, the process generally involves several months of public participation in meetings, discussions, and voting, allowing the public has time to make wise decisions.